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Beer Wholesalers Aggressively Act to Avoid Out-of-Stocks

Posted on August 2, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

And that resulted in the National Beer Wholesalers Association‘s Beer Purchasers Index rising to 70.5 in July from 64.7 a year earlier. The “at-risk inventory” index for total beer (inventory at risk of going out of code in the next 30 … Continue reading →

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Drizly Confirms Data Breach Affecting 2.5 Million Accounts

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

The data breach was first reported by Tech Crunch, which obtained some of the data that was stolen. It included user phone numbers, IP addresses and geolocation data associated with the user’s billing address. Drizly did not say when the … Continue reading →

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Virginia ABC Offers 20% Off During Summer Cyber Sale

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) will hold its first ever Summer Cyber Sale on Aug. 5, featuring 20% off all online purchases of $100 or more. The promotion will be available on Wednesday, Aug. 5 from midnight until 11:59 … Continue reading →

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Who & What —

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

Trellis Wine Group hires Mary Melton as their newest salesperson and beverage program consultant.  She joins from P.F. Chng’s, where she was vp-beverage and bar hospitality.

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Utah Bev/Al Sales Set Record, Topping $500 Million

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

To be precise, for the first time in history, annual sales of beer, wine and spirits reached $500.32 million in fiscal 2020, ended June 30.   That would be a 4.38% increase over the prior fiscal year, according to the Utah … Continue reading →

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Off-Premise Sales Growth Slows to 17.3%: Nielsen

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Joel Whitaker

The year-over-year growth rate for total off-premise alcohol dollar sales within Nielsen-measured channels slowed to +17.3% (+14.1% compared to the prior week). That’s up from a growth rate of +11.8% for the prior week. Spirits continued to lead growth, up … Continue reading →

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